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Institutions
Bank Watch: scheduled banks tracked on stability metrics.
Parliament Watch: members and their activity.
University Watch: the higher-education system, tracked.
NGO Watch: civil society and development NGOs, tracked.
Development Partner Watch: the donors, tracked.
Industry Association Watch: the apex chambers, tracked.
Early warning
The Crisis Orb: a live, level-anchored hazard board.
The LDC 2029 graduation monitor.
The national early-warning board across hazards.
Early warning for the haor flood basin.
The multi-hazard exposure atlas, by district.
Where hazards compound across the same places.
A priority index ranking places by combined risk.
Cropland exposed to flood, heat, and salinity.
The bank distress watch: stress signals across banks.
The disaster ledger: events and losses over time.
Government Watch
ministry
The Ministry is currently focused on the urgent need to modernize and integrate the country's fragmented port management systems to enhance trade competitiveness.
Ministry coordinated the repatriation of 91 Bangladeshi fishermen detained in India.
Government proposed an allocation of Tk 9,080 crore for the Ministry of Shipping in the FY2026-27 national budget.
State Minister Md. Razib Ahsan distributed financial assistance to the families of victims of the Sadarghat launch accident.
Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase awarded a Tk 49.24 crore contract to Everest Port Services Limited for cargo equipment operations at Benapole Land Port.
Bangladesh Shipping Corporation issued a tender for the international freight transportation of TSP fertilizer from Morocco to Bangladesh.
Multiple tender notices were published for the procurement of office equipment for ministry-related facilities.
Ministry of Shipping oversees both the shipping sector and the Bridges Division (সেতু বিভাগ) under the same state ministerial assignment. State Minister Md. Razib Ahsan (BNP) won Barishal-4 (Hijla-Mehendiganj) with 128,322 votes in the 13th national parliamentary election (February 2026); he is central general secretary of Swechchhasebak Dal. The full minister for the shipping portfolio is Sheikh Rabiul Alam (also holds Road Transport and Railways). The dominant crisis of the 90-day window was the January 2026 Chattogram Port NCT strike over the DP World lease (6 days, Tk 3,000 crore economic loss, 11,000+ export containers stranded, 115 ships queued); the government resolved it by pivoting to a landlord model and rejecting outright foreign operator handover. Teknaf Land Port: import halt began April 2025 after Arakan Army took control of Naf River; first cargo (timber) arrived May 1, 2026, but $9 million trader funds remain stuck in Myanmar. Mongla Port recorded its best-ever first-half container performance (FY2025-26). staff_count and disaggregated BDT budget figure for the Ministry of Shipping for FY2025-26 not available from primary sources consulted.